Welcome to "DK's Reprisal"
Our group is now beginning the road to designing our original board game,"DK's Reprisal." Donkey Kong has kidnapped Princess Peach and taken her to the top of the map (as he did 30 years before in the original Donkey Kong), leaving Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Bowser in a race to find her and come away with the 20,000 coin reward for the one who returns Peach to Mushroom Kingdom.
The basis for this game is simple; it is a race to the finish. It will involve rolling a die to move across the three maps stacked horizontally, starting from the bottom and racing to the top. This idea comes from the fact that the original Donkey Kong had multiple levels to climb to get to the top. In order for our game to stray away from being just a game of luck, incorporates item cards. Item cards can either slow down opponents or aid the player who uses them. The item cards will take items from Mario games such as Mario Kart and Mario Party, or various Donkey Kong games.
While this is just the beginning of the long road towards designing a fair and enjoyable board game, our group believes that this is a solid foundation for what can be a very successful game. Whether there should be other elements added to enhance the game or if other big tweaks should be made remains to be seen. The weeks ahead will consist of planning and designing the game and will involve much more detail than what is presented here such as the design of the board, the design of the cards, and the turn-by-turn gameplay mechanics. But for now, this is what we have and we look forward to getting back and getting our game on track as we return from Hurricane Sandy.
The basis for this game is simple; it is a race to the finish. It will involve rolling a die to move across the three maps stacked horizontally, starting from the bottom and racing to the top. This idea comes from the fact that the original Donkey Kong had multiple levels to climb to get to the top. In order for our game to stray away from being just a game of luck, incorporates item cards. Item cards can either slow down opponents or aid the player who uses them. The item cards will take items from Mario games such as Mario Kart and Mario Party, or various Donkey Kong games.
While this is just the beginning of the long road towards designing a fair and enjoyable board game, our group believes that this is a solid foundation for what can be a very successful game. Whether there should be other elements added to enhance the game or if other big tweaks should be made remains to be seen. The weeks ahead will consist of planning and designing the game and will involve much more detail than what is presented here such as the design of the board, the design of the cards, and the turn-by-turn gameplay mechanics. But for now, this is what we have and we look forward to getting back and getting our game on track as we return from Hurricane Sandy.
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